Open\Save Dialog control labels....?

[SpotNet]

Hi Newsgroup,

I have constructed highly customisable common dialog classes\objects.
Decided to extend the Open\Save dialog options with the ability to change
the text on all the controls. Mainly cause my boss wanted the Open File
Dialog's OK button to read 'Import', for all intensive purposes. Open\Save
dialogs where constructed purely from the Win32 API as you cannot inherit
these classes from the framework. Problem I am recounting is that the text
comes out like windings font or something completely ineligible, e.g,
okbuttontext = "Import" comes out looking like ||[]| | on the control. Can
anyone please tell me what I need to consider to get a what you see (want)
is what you get result?

The API I'm using
SendMessage(hparent, CDM_SETCONTROLTEXT, CommonDialog.IDOK, okbuttontext);

Many thanks and regards,

SpotNet.

[SpotNet]

In case anyone was wondering how SetWindowText(IntPtr hWnd, string
controlText) works well indeed...

Regards,
SpotNet

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Hi Newsgroup,

I have constructed highly customisable common dialog classes\objects.
Decided to extend the Open\Save dialog options with the ability to change
the text on all the controls. Mainly cause my boss wanted the Open File
Dialog's OK button to read 'Import', for all intensive purposes.
Open\Save dialogs where constructed purely from the Win32 API as you
cannot inherit these classes from the framework. Problem I am recounting
is that the text comes out like windings font or something completely
ineligible, e.g, okbuttontext = "Import" comes out looking like ||[]| | on
the control. Can anyone please tell me what I need to consider to get a
what you see (want) is what you get result?

The API I'm using
SendMessage(hparent, CDM_SETCONTROLTEXT, CommonDialog.IDOK, okbuttontext);

Many thanks and regards,

SpotNet.

[Jack Hanebach]

SpotNet wrote:

Problem
I am recounting is that the text comes out like windings font or
something completely ineligible, e.g, okbuttontext = "Import" comes
out looking like ||[]| | on the control. Can anyone please tell me
what I need to consider to get a what you see (want) is what you get
result?

The API I'm using
SendMessage(hparent, CDM_SETCONTROLTEXT, CommonDialog.IDOK,
okbuttontext);

My guess would be that C# app sends unicode string while the O/S dialog
expects ascii...